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JIM Bob and Michelle Duggar's Arkansas home was visited by cops in the early morning hours as part of a follow-up investigation.

According to online records, the local sheriff's department paid a visit to the Duggar family compound in Arkansas on Sunday at 8:26am for a follow-up to a previous investigation.

It was not immediately clear who the call was for, or if it involved Jim Bob or Michelle Duggar directly.

The call to the home was first reported by Without a Crystal Ball.

This is yet another run-in with the law and the Duggar family, whose eldest son Josh Duggar is currently serving a federal 151-month sentence for possessing child pornography, which he is in the process of appealing.

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"He was told he was free to go. No reasonable person in his shoes at that time would believe that."

When the judge asked if Josh could have gone to another business to make a phone call, his attorney replied: "This lot was accessible only by a highway with no sidewalk, it was in the middle of nowhere. There was nowhere to go."

The lawyer continued: "The vehicle he came in was searched, he had no access to it. The keys to the other vehicles in the car lot were in the office. He wouldn’t be allowed to enter without an escort."

The prosecution responded: "Mr. Duggar was not in custody at any point during the search of the used car lot... Mr. Duggar was repeatedly told he was not in custody and was free to leave.

"He said his wife was pregnant and expecting soon. He may have to leave in order to contact her. The agent said that's perfectly fine.

"Mr. Duggar did leave the scene at a time of his choosing and without being arrested... Mr. Duggar voluntarily ended the interview. He was not arrested until a year and a half later."

The judge replied: "I am a little concerned though... The agent knew he was trying to call his counsel. It appears that might have been the only way he could've done so.

"It does concern me when someone makes an attempt to contact counsel... and is unable to call counsel because there is no alternative way to do it. I’ve never seen that before."

The attorney for the prosecution responded: "It’s not clear whether there was another way to contact counsel. One of his employees had a cell phone not seized by officers."

Josh's legal counsel said: "The agent could’ve said, 'Use my phone to contact your attorney.'"

During the same hearing, the TV personality's lawyer brought up Josh’s employee Caleb Williams, whom he claims could've committed the crime.

The lawyer said: “Caleb Williams worked at Wholesale Motorcars, which is the scene of the alleged crime. He regularly used the only computer, the HP computer, for purposes that had nothing to do with Wholesale Motorcars or Josh Duggar.

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